Articles by Grizzly Peak Software

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It was negative thirty-eight outside and I had just written the most productive code of my entire year.

When you live in a cabin in Caswell Lakes, Alaska, you learn quickly that the margin between "everything is fine" and "everything is a problem" is thinner...

Last month I launched a new digital product on Gumroad — a 40-page PDF guide on building production-ready API gateways. The entire launch process, from...

Somewhere around 2023, the indie dev world lost its mind. Everyone was building AI wrappers, slapping a $29/month price tag on them, and calling it a...

I used to work seventy-hour weeks and convince myself it was ambition.

A hands-on first look at gws, Google's new Workspace CLI. Covers Windows setup gotchas, MCP server integration with Claude Code, and practical agentic workflow patterns for Drive, Gmail, and Calendar.

Learn how to generate QR codes with Node.js — from basic PNG files to a full Express API with customization, bulk generation, and production tips.

The ingress-nginx controller retires March 2026. Your standalone NGINX gateway configs still work. Here's the complete setup with rate limiting, SSL, and Docker Compose.

Build production-grade SEO crawler tools for free using Claude Code and Open Claw. Five real projects with runnable JavaScript code. No subscriptions.

Compare Bruno vs Postman in 2026. We break down storage, pricing, performance, and collaboration to help you pick the right API client.

The story of a whiteboard frustration, a late-night coding session, and the absurdly fun journey of shipping a real product before the motivation wore off.

Today I rant a little bit about the current state of SEO and its impact on my site as I struggle to maintain solid traffic.

A late-night dispatch from an Alaska cabin covering AI-powered productivity, marketing lessons learned the hard way, and building in the quiet.

Build a working GPT from scratch in PyTorch, then fine-tune a real model with LoRA. Full pipeline with runnable code. No PhD required. - tokenization - embeddings - attention - training loops - fine-tuning All runnable on a single GPU or laptop.

A hands-on guide to the pattern that powers Claude Code, Cursor, and every other agentic AI tool you've been pretending to understand at parties.

Highlights from Alaska's Claude Code Meetup-covering sub-agent workflows, the skills vs. sub-agents debate, CLI tips, and insights from Anthropic's developer relations team.

Learn how to transfer your .env file to a DigitalOcean droplet when you only have web console access. This guide covers four practical methods including heredoc syntax, nano editor, echo commands, and base64 encoding—perfect for developers working from Windows without SSH configured.

Feeling burned out from software engineering? You're not alone—research shows 73-83% of developers experience burnout. This comprehensive guide explores 15+ alternative career paths that leverage your technical skills, complete with 2026 salary data, transition strategies, and realistic expectations for roles like Product Manager, Technical Writer, Developer Advocate, AI Consultant, and more.

After a summer of adventures and too much Minecraft, I discovered Claude Code and built five projects in weeks—a publishing agent, micro-SaaS, 3D game, SEO site, and migrated my decade-old app. We're on the cusp of the singularity.